Wikipedia page censored in the UK for 'child pornography'
Jenny | 08.12.2008 23:20
The story says that the "major UK ISPs" are thought to be O2/Be Unlimited, Virgin Media, Easynet, Plusnet, Demon, and Opal Telecommunications (TalkTalk).
The blocking has been prompted by the UK's Internet Watch Foundation.
The Scorpions album was released in 1976, so it's amazing to think that civilisation has managed to survive for more than 30 years [corrected], in spite of this evil in our midst.
The IWF has not acted against Amazon.com or other sites that carry images of the original album cover (which has apparently been replaced by something much uglier), such as Google. Also, there are several other album covers to censor, not to mention paintings, books, movies and Shakespeare plays. Presumably it's just a matter of time….
It should be noted that the cover in question is no stranger to controversy, and its use on Wikipedia has been under debate for some time. Gawker ran the story, Wikipedia Is Arguing Whether This Album Cover Is Child Porn, seven months ago, on May 9. But I didn't notice any American ISP's blocking access to Wikipedia.
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Paged Blocked below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Killer
If your ISP is blocking it you should get a page not found message, if the page is accessible then your ISP is not a member of the IWF censorshipt filter.
Jenny
Homepage:
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/British_ISPs_restrict_access_to_Wikipedia_amid_child_pornography_allegations
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